Snapped-corn separator



A 1m62.428 F. J. TEMPLE ASNAPPED CORN SEPARA-'IOR Filed .July 17, 191s4. sheets-sheet 1 /NVENT'OR .Juny N, w23.'

F. J. TEMPLE' SNAPPED CORN SEPARAIOR July l?, 1923.

Filed July 17, 1919 -4 sheets-sheet 2 July E?, i923.

F. J. TEMPLE SNAPPED come sEPARAToR Filed July 17 1919 4 Shaets-Sheet `3Juny u?, w23. M6242@ F. J. TEMPLE SNAPPED CORN SEPARATOR Filed July 1'7.1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented .luly i7, i923.

FRANK J'. TEMPLE, OF DECATUR, ILLNGIS, ASSGNOR T0 UNIN IRON WORKS, OFDECATUR. ILL'NOIS, A CGRPORATON 01" ILLINOS.

SNAPPEDCO52N SETARTOR.

Application led July 1*?, 191i).

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, FRANK el. TEMPLE, a.`citizen of the United States, a resident of Decatur, in the county ofMacon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvementsin Snapped-Corn Separatore, ci which vthe following is a specification.

rjhis invention has reference to a snapped corn separator.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a machine, of thecharacter referred to, into which isk discharged shelled corn, togetherwith cobs, shucls, sillrs, etc., and received from a sheller, andseparate the shelledL corn and cob particles from the shuclrs, sillrsand lighter materials; the shelled corn and cob particles beingtransferred to a cleaner, and the shuclrs, sillrs and lighter materialsbeing drawn off, preferably by a suction fan, and delivered to anysuitable place.

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of the description, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention; i

Figure 2 is an end elevation oftne ma chine, looking in at the righthand end ofV lFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the machines;

Figure 4 is a cross-section showing a certain arrangement of parts andthe details of construction;

Figure 5 is a cross-section on the line 5-5 Fig. 3 to show thearrangement of the beaters; f

Figure 6 shows a side and end elevation of a section of the feed;

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic side elevation of a mill equipment showingthe relation my separator would have to a sheller and cleaner, and

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic end elevation of the mill equipment shown inFigure 7.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout thefigures.

The working parts of the machine are supported on the floor sills orbeams 1, the understanding beams or standards 2, 3 and l, thelongitudinally disposed beams 5 and 6, and the cross-beams 7 and 8.

9 designates, what l 'choose to call a grated casing. lt comprises aplurality of Serial No. 311,640.

pairs of semi-circul ar rings 10 and 11 which are bolted onr the beams5, and said semicircular rings are provided with openings to receive thelongitudinally arranged spaced rods 12, forming the grate. At thereceiving end of the machine a number of the rods terminate short of theend of the machine, sce Figure 3, to make provision for the inlet of thematerial. The inlet is-preferably a casting. 13 formed with a spoutlfla'nd bolted to the beams 5. .lt-.t the discharge end of the machine,asimilar casting l5 (inverted) and having a. spout 16, is bolted to thebeams 5, and above said casting is a spout 17 communicating with asuction-fan casing 18 in which is operatively carried a suction fan 19,adapted to draw olf certain of the lighter materials separated, to'bedelivered to any suitablel point or place.

immediately beneath the grated casing isa hopper 2O formed by theconverging side walls or plates 21, which connect with the elongatedsemi-spherical trough section 22. The walls or plates 21 are providedwith openings 23 covered by the removable plates -v or covers 24, which,when removed, make it possible for the trough to be cleaned., as will beunderstood; y

25 designates a shaft extendingv through the grated casino andjournaled` in suitable bearings secured to the cross-beams at theopposite ends of the machine. @n one end of said shaft are pulley wheels26 and 27, anden the other end the pulley wheel 28. .Pulley wheel 25 isdriven by a belt 29 receiving its power from any suitable source, and abelt 30 operated by the pulley wheel 27 actuates a pulley wheel 31 on ashaft 32 eX- tending through the trough 22. On said last mentioned shaftis a screw-feed 33 adapted to convey the shelled corn and cob particlesreceived in the trough, to the discharge end 34- of said trough. Thepulley wheel 28 actuates a belt 35, which in turn actuates apulley wheel36 on one end of a shaft 36, which passes through the spout 17, thecasing 18, and has connected thereto and operates thel fan 19.

The front wall of the casting 13 is pro vided with a multiplicity ofopenings 37 for ingress of air into the machine, and normally the upperhalf of the grated casing 9 is covered by the plates 38.

At the receiving end of the machine, la screw-feeder 39 is arranged onthe shaft 25,

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this feeder preferably fills the space beneath the spout 14 in thecasting 13, and extends part way into the grated casing 9, as shown inFigure 3. On the shaft 25 are also secured a plurality of beaters 40,41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47, the first one spaced from the end of thefeeder 39 and the remaining lbeaters being staggered on the shaft so aswhat is known tothe trade, Vas a warehousel or pitlesssheller, fromwhich the shelled corn, cobs, shucks, silks and lighter materials aredischarged into an elevator B which transfers this materialinto thereceiving'hopper 14 of mymachine. The action of my machine is to feedyand separate the shelled corn and cohs from the shucks, silks andlighter materials. corn and the smaller and heavier particles pass downbetween the rods 12 into the trough 22 and are conveyedfto the discharge34 of the trough 'from whence it is transferred to the cleaner C,wherethe shelled 'corn is cleanedy of all foreign matter.

The shucks,v silks .and light-er materials are drawn oli by the fan/19out through the spout 17 and the casing 18 and delivered to any suitablepoint or place, as will be understood. p v

The sheller A, the elevator B and the -cleaner C form no part ofthepresent inven-.

tion, and are only shown that a clear understanding` may be had ofthe-present invention and its uses.

llVhat claim is :f-

1. In an apparatus of the character dei scribed, in combination, a framework, a

The shelled plurality of spaced sets of `semi-circular i rings, eachprovided with a plurality of openings, means to secure each set of ringsto each other and to saidv frame work, rods passing through the openingsin said rings t0 provide a cylindrical grate, a casing secured to saidrings to provide an enclosure for said grate, a trough below the grateand in communicationA with the enclosure forthe n grate, an auger insaid trough, a casting including a hopper above the receiving end of thegrate and lin communication therewith, the iront wall of said hopperhaving air inlet openings, a shaft insaid grate, a feeder on said shaftat the inlet end of the grate,v

a plurality-of spaced beaters on said shaft,

in spiral arrangement, and extending from the feeder to the dischargeend of the grate, a suction ran at the discharge. end of the grate,means to operate said shaft andvau`r ger, and means 'to operate saidfan.

2. lin a separator ofv the character kdescribed, in combination, acylindrical lgrate including an annular row of closely spaced rods. anenclosing casing for said grate :losely spaced from the rods to providea passage therearound, a trough below the grate and in communcation withthe Vclosure lor the grate, a conveyor in said trough,

means to operate said conveyor, a hopper,

inlet above one end of said grate and in comn munication therewith yandhaving air inlet openings in one wall, a` spiral feeder below the hopperand within the grate, a plurality of spaced beaters within the grate, inspiral arrangement, and extending uninterruptedly from the feeder to thedischarge end of the grate, a fan casing at the discharge end of thegrate, a fan in said casing, means to operate said feeder and beaters,and meansl to operate said Jfan.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand this 2S day of June,1919. v A

FRANK J.' *irai/LELE."

